Articles tagged "Living donor"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Can Mayo Adhesive Probability Score Can Predict an Adherent Perinephric Fat? Analysis in Japanese Healthy Donor for Transplantation Underwent Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
T. Noda, Y. Miyauchi, K. Koyama, Y. Sawada, K. Nishimura, T. Fukumoto, N. Miura, T. Kikugawa, T. Saika
Department of Urology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan
*Purpose: This study is aimed to evaluate Mayo Adhesive Probability (MAP) score as a predictor of adherent perinephric fat (APF) by analyzing a cohort of…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Living versus Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation in Cholestatic Liver Disease: An Analysis of the OPTN Database
I. A. Ziogas¹, S. P. Alexopoulos¹, L. K. Matsuoka¹, S. K. Geevarghese¹, L. D. Gorden¹, S. J. Karp¹, J. D. Perkins², M. I. Montenovo¹
¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²University of Washington, Seattle, WA
*Purpose: The current MELD allocation system does not accurately reflect the urgency of liver transplantation (LT) in cholestatic liver disease (CLD) patients. Therefore, more CLD…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Your Path to Transplant Tailored Education Increases Living Donation Transplant Actions and Wait-Listing Rates: Final Randomized Controlled Trial Findings
A. Waterman¹, Y. Cui², J. L. Beaumont², J. D. Peipert³, A. Paiva⁴, M. L. Robbins⁴
¹Transplant Research and Education Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ³Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁴Department of Psychology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
*Purpose: Tailoring education and behavior change interventions to address gaps in individual patients’ knowledge, readiness, and socio-economic challenges may help more end-stage kidney disease patients…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Single Cell Analysis of Living Donor Kidneys Characterizes Resident Parenchymal and Immune Populations in Male and Female Donors
C. McEvoy¹, J. Szusz², S. Clotet-Freixas¹, J. An², S. Crome², A. Konvalinka¹
¹Toronto General Hospital Research Institute and UHN Transplant Centre, UHN, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Dept. of Immunology, UHN Transplant, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose:Understanding the molecular profiles and individual contributions of kidney parenchymal and resident/infiltrating immune cells during homeostasis would facilitate development of treatments for kidney graft disease.…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Living Kidney Donor Profile Index Used to Assess Donor Risk Factors Affecting the Survival Rate of Transplanted Kidney and Comparison with Kidney Donor Profile Index of Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation
S. Kang¹, M. Kang², R. Ra¹, J. Kong², J. Kim², H. Hwang², K. Jeong²
¹Kyung-Hee University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Nephrology, Kyung-Hee University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Recently, the number of deceased donor kidneys(DDK) has been limited, so living donor kidney transplantation((LDKT) accounts for nearly 40% of kidney transplants worldwide. This…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Long Term Outcomes of Hypertensive Kidney Donors
H. Ibrahim, S. Hebert, H. E. Adrogue, D. T. Nguyen, E. A. Graviss, A. Gaber, A. Matas
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Many people with hypertension are excluded from kidney donation fearing that hypertension is a major cause of CKD and its impact maybe magnified after…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Center Experiences with Social Media Campaigns for Living Donation
S. E. Booker¹, L. King², J. Spiers³, H. Hunt⁴, R. L. Schaffer⁵
¹UNOS, Richmond, VA, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA, ⁴OPTN Living Donor Committee, Richmond, VA, ⁵Scripps Green Hospital, La Jolla, CA
*Purpose: The OPTN Living Donor Committee surveyed U.S. transplant (TX) programs to assess their experiences with social media campaigns intended to identify potential living donors…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Decision-Making, Motivations and the Donation Experience among HLA-Identical Living Kidney Donors at UCLA – A Qualitative Study
E. L. Wood¹, S. George², N. Kogut¹, E. Lum³, J. Veale¹
¹Urology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²Fielding School of Public Health, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ³Medicine, Nephrology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Studies on motivations and decision-making processes of living donors have previously identified recipient relationship, fear of loss and altruism as important modifying factors of…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Public Health Insurance is Associated with Reduced Access to Living Donor Liver Transplantation and Increased Liver Transplant Waiting List Mortality: An Analysis of the SRTR
R. Hogen¹, M. Aljehani², J. Lee³, L. Sher¹, Y. Genyk¹, J. Emamaullee¹
¹Surgery, Division of Hepatobiliary and Abdominal Organ Transplant Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ²Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ³Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is associated with improved survival and lower hospital costs, but it continues to makes up less than 5% of…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Characteristics of Anonymous Living Donors and Their Recipients. Appropriate Use of a Rare and Valuable Gift
A. Sharfuddin, M. Panezai, M. Yaqub, D. Mishler, O. Adebiyi, T. Taber
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Anonymous Living Donors are a special select set of donors. As there continues to be advances in Paired Donation, we review the trends and…